I got to listen to a pair of 50,000 speakers and discovered a cool hi-fi shop
zarrdoss
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On a Google search Friday I discovered a cool hi-fi shop I never knew existed. The Audio Alternative in Ft. Collins CO. http://www.audioalternative.com/ Its a really cool shop that the owner bought a huge house and set up shop in there. He has a ton of vinyl and lots of neat and expensive stuff. I got to listen to these
Vandersteen model 7 talk about flawless imaging but for 50,000 and the other 70,000 of gear running them they better be. I never knew the shop existed, anyone in the area I highly recommend paying them a visit. It it a relaxed atmosphere and they love to do demos.
Vandersteen model 7 talk about flawless imaging but for 50,000 and the other 70,000 of gear running them they better be. I never knew the shop existed, anyone in the area I highly recommend paying them a visit. It it a relaxed atmosphere and they love to do demos.
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Very cool! Wish there was someplace like that local to me! Is that a gallon of water sitting on the bottom shelf in the last pic?--Gary--
Onkyo Integra M504, Bottlehead Foreplay III, Denon SACD, Thiel CS2.3, NHT VT-2, VT-3 and Evolution T6, Infinity RSIIIa, SDA1C and a few dozen other speakers around the house I change in and out. -
a few more pics
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Very cool! Wish there was someplace like that local to me! Is that a gallon of water sitting on the bottom shelf in the last pic?
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Very cool! Wish there was someplace like that local to me! Is that a gallon of water sitting on the bottom shelf in the last pic?
......and the Sonos farther to the right on the bottom.HT SYSTEM-
Sony 850c 4k
Pioneer elite vhx 21
Sony 4k BRP
SVS SB-2000
Polk Sig. 20's
Polk FX500 surrounds
Cables-
Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable
Kitchen
Sonos zp90
Grant Fidelity tube dac
B&k 1420
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Very Very nice.HT: LSI15, LSIC, LSIFX, Emo XPA-3:biggrin: Onkyo TXNR809, Sony BDP-S500, PannyDMP-BDT320, MIT S1 SC. Mit 73842dlp
2ch: SDA-SRS 2.3 Fully modded. BAT VK500 w/batpak, BAT VK5I, Essence HDACC. -
I'm sure that vinyl cleaning solution. Mine is the same..
Nice place, I will have to make the drive.. -
This is more than just a business to this guy it is his life, here is his modest bedroom set up.
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I'm sure that vinyl cleaning solution. Mine is the same..
Nice place, I will have to make the drive..
Yes you will Larry you kind of go into sensory overload when you go in there is so much to look at. -
I want my house to look like that..
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Well something "followed" me home from the shop dammit!
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Looks like a great shop. I see a couple of Revox A77 in the first photo, very cool!
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Well something "followed" me home from the shop dammit!
Do tell.......looks like my kind of shop!
Tom~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~ -
Do tell.......looks like my kind of shop!
Tom
I started another thread on it http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?146641-This-is-what-followed-me-home-from-the-stereo-shop -
Ken beat me to the ReVox shout-out! :-)
Even from my jaded and cynical hifi perspective, I do see some cool stuff there. -
Strangely i dont see any gear i own/have owned.
Must be in the section for serious listeners
humpty dumpty was pushed -
I had a couple of friends that did something like the owner of that shop.
They started a "custom Hi-Fi" business so they could deduct all their hobby expenses.
It got so successful that they went into it full time. This was back in the late 60's and 70's
I remember driving one of then to go look at some amps that were advertised in the Los Angeles Times.
Four Marantz 9s, original boxes and all paperwork, 100% as new, consecutive serial numbers.
And I remember thinking that he paid too much. $400.00 for each amp. He used them in his own system.
He had a pair of Ubangis. JBL graqphic, 2 Phase Linears for the bass horns, pair of 375s for the mids and pair of 075s for the top end. They were 12 feet tall.
Here is what they looked like.
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?ymisc&1277867336&openflup&6&4
http://itishifi.blogspot.com/2010/04/rca-theater-bass-horn-ubangi-or-mi-9462.html
I remember listening to Jethro Tull's "Aqualung" on them. Highest SPL I have ever encountered and crystal clear too.
The room they were in was 18 foot ceiling, and about 75 by 120 feet. -
Very cool store! Not much of that stuff looks familiar to me though."Science is suppose to explain observations not dismiss them as impossible" - Norm on AA; 2.3TL's w/sonicaps/mills/jantzen inductors, Gimpod's boards, Lg Solen SDA inductors, RD-0198's, MW's dynamatted, Armaflex speaker gaskets, H-nuts, brass spikes, Cardas CCGR BP's, upgraded IC Cable, Black Hole Damping Sheet strips, interior of cabinets sealed with Loctite Power Grab, AI-1 interface with 1000VA A-L transformer
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I'm in Love, look at all the albums that's my New Dream to have as many albums as I can displayed like that..
Oh and the Gear is cool too..lol
Would love to visit.ATC SCM40's,VTL TL 2.5 Preamp,PSB Stratus Goldi's,McCormack DNA 500,McCormack MAP-1 Preamp,Pro-Ject Xtension 10 TT,Ortofon Cadenza Red/Nordost RedDawn LS Speaker cables, Bryston BDP-2, Bryston BDA-2,PS Audio AC-3 power cables -
Nice !!! Love the record collection. Sweet bedroom setup.
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